State v. Haskell

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] The State of North Dakota, by the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“the State”), has petitioned this Court for a supervisory writ directing the trial court to vacate its June 19, 2000, order denying the State’s motion to dismiss Julie Smith’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We conclude this is an appropriate case in which to exercise our supervisory jurisdiction, and we grant the petition.

[¶2] Julie Smith (“Smith”) sued the State, alleging she had been wrongfully terminated as an addiction counselor by the State, in violation…